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Environmental clearance to Kaleshwaram is in violation of law- NGT
Why is it in News?
- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that environmental clearance (EC) to Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) was granted ex post facto, after completion of substantial work.
- Such clearance by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is “in violation of law”.
Details:
- NGT:
(1) Accountability needs to be fixed and remedial measures be taken.
(2) For that purpose, it has directed the ministry to constitute a seven-member expert committee.
(3) Committee can be constituted preferably out of expert appraisal committee (EAC) members with relevant sectorial expertise to go into the matter.
(4) Expert committee could assess the extent of damage caused in going ahead with the project without EC during the period from 2008 to 2017.
(5) Committee will identify the necessary restoration measures.
- Kaleshwaram project:
(1) It is a multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in Kaleshwaram, Telangana.
(2) Currently the world's largest multi-stage lift irrigation project.
(3) Its farthest upstream influence is at the confluence of the Pranhita and Godavari rivers.
(4) The project aims to produce a total of 240 TMC for irrigation, Hyderabad municipal water, miscellaneous industrial uses and drinking water in nearby villages
